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Africa Social Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 200 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025

Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.

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Total 200 scientists
* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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53,120
World Rank
Ghana
16
Country Rank
University of Education Winneba Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
George Dei
University of Education Winneba Winneba, Ghana
Social Sciences / Anthropology

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    17,304
  • Last 6 Years
    5,701
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.329
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Rankings

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78,467
World Rank
South Africa
262
Country Rank
University of the Witwatersrand Logo
38
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Maryna Steyn
University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa
Social Sciences / Anthropology
Forensic anthropology | biological anthropology | skeletal biolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    12,932
  • Last 6 Years
    4,273
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.330
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Rankings

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83,606
World Rank
South Africa
283
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
63
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Francis B. Nyamnjoh
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa
Social Sciences / Anthropology
anthropology | African studies | media and communication studies | identities | citizenshi

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    12,168
  • Last 6 Years
    4,506
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.370
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Rankings

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85,974
World Rank
South Africa
291
Country Rank
University of the Witwatersrand Logo
44
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Lee Berger
University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa
Social Sciences / Anthropology
palaeoanthropology | archaeology | taphonomy | exploratio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    11,890
  • Last 6 Years
    4,513
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.380
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Rankings

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135,976
World Rank
South Africa
534
Country Rank
University of Kwazulu Natal Logo
48
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Keyan Tomaselli
University of Kwazulu Natal Durban, South Africa
Social Sciences / Anthropology
Media and Cultural Studies | communicatio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    7,969
  • Last 6 Years
    2,049
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.257
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Rankings

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220,448
World Rank
South Africa
914
Country Rank
University of Johannesburg Logo
59
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Thea De Wet
University of Johannesburg Johannesburg, South Africa
Social Sciences / Anthropology
Higher education | public health | children | poverty and livelihood

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,949
  • Last 6 Years
    1,798
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.363
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Rankings

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260,544
World Rank
Ghana
101
Country Rank
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology Logo
25
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Dickson Adom
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology Kumasi, Ghana
Social Sciences / Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology | Biodiversity Conservation | Education | Art History | Research and Academi

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,133
  • Last 6 Years
    3,759
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.910
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Rankings

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302,970
World Rank
South Africa
1,325
Country Rank
University of the Witwatersrand Logo
152
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Lynne A. Schepartz
University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa
Social Sciences / Anthropology
Mammalian paleontology | Biological anthropology | Skeletal biology | Paleoanthropolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    3,484
  • Last 6 Years
    1,197
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.344
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Rankings

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307,042
World Rank
Kenya
156
Country Rank
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Logo
15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Todd A Crane
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Addis Ababa, Kenya
Social Sciences / Anthropology
anthropology | science and technology studies | climate change adaptation and mitigation | agropastoralism | rural developmen

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    3,418
  • Last 6 Years
    1,928
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.564
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Rankings

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314,729
World Rank
South Africa
1,389
Country Rank
University of the Witwatersrand Logo
161
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Richard Rottenburg
University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa
Social Sciences / Anthropology
evidentiary practice

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    3,342
  • Last 6 Years
    1,167
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.349
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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322,352
World Rank
South Africa
1,426
Country Rank
University of the Witwatersrand Logo
164
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Bernhard Zipfel
University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa
Social Sciences / Anthropology
Palaeontology | palaeoanthropolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    3,225
  • Last 6 Years
    1,766
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.548
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Rankings

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334,773
World Rank
Kenya
174
Country Rank
Co-operative University of Kenya Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Isaac K. Nyamongo
Co-operative University of Kenya Nairobi, Kenya
Social Sciences / Anthropology

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    3,081
  • Last 6 Years
    1,308
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.425
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Rankings

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338,304
World Rank
South Africa
1,511
Country Rank
University of Johannesburg Logo
103
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Jonathan Stadler
University of Johannesburg Johannesburg, South Africa
Social Sciences / Anthropology
Medical Anthropolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    3,041
  • Last 6 Years
    1,011
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.332
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Rankings

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372,751
World Rank
Nigeria
556
Country Rank
University of Ibadan Logo
70
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Ayodele Samuel Jegede
University of Ibadan Ibadan, Nigeria
Social Sciences / Anthropology
Sociology | public health | anthropology | bioethic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,695
  • Last 6 Years
    1,491
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.553
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Rankings

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380,585
World Rank
South Africa
1,732
Country Rank
University of the Witwatersrand Logo
193
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Robert J Thornton
University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa
Social Sciences / Anthropology
Africa | HIV & AIDS | sex & sexuality | Artisanal mining | traditional healin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,646
  • Last 6 Years
    525
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.198
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Rankings

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381,621
World Rank
South Africa
1,739
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
343
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Fiona C. Ross
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa
Social Sciences / Anthropology
Social and Cultural Anthropolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,615
  • Last 6 Years
    736
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.281
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Rankings

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406,493
World Rank
Kenya
235
Country Rank
University of Nairobi Logo
72
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Salome Ra Bukachi
University of Nairobi Nairobi, Kenya
Social Sciences / Anthropology
Social and behavioural researc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,523
  • Last 6 Years
    2,253
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.893
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Rankings

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440,247
World Rank
Nigeria
787
Country Rank
Delta State University Nigeria Logo
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Patrick Igbigbi
Delta State University Nigeria Abraka, Nigeria
Social Sciences / Anthropology
physical and forensic anthropology and neuroanatom

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,186
  • Last 6 Years
    780
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.357
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Rankings

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461,097
World Rank
South Africa
2,179
Country Rank
University of Johannesburg Logo
152
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Carina Van Rooyen
University of Johannesburg Johannesburg, South Africa
Social Sciences / Anthropology
learning & teaching with technology | science-technology-society | evidence-us

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,022
  • Last 6 Years
    881
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.436
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Rankings

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462,095
World Rank
South Africa
2,185
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
400
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Susan L. Levine
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa
Social Sciences / Anthropology
medical anthropology | anthropology of childhood and child labour | visual anthropolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,032
  • Last 6 Years
    832
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.409
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Rankings

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504,090
World Rank
South Africa
2,430
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
433
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
David Johnson
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa
Social Sciences / Anthropology
rural connectivity | white spaces | mesh network

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,777
  • Last 6 Years
    464
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.261
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Rankings

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513,133
World Rank
South Africa
2,491
Country Rank
University of Johannesburg Logo
173
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Joost Fontein
University of Johannesburg Johannesburg, South Africa
Social Sciences / Anthropology
Anthropology African studies materiality landscape bodies urba

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,730
  • Last 6 Years
    785
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.454
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Rankings

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515,723
World Rank
South Africa
2,509
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
448
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Lesley Green
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa
Social Sciences / Anthropology
ecological knowledge | environmental humanitie

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,717
  • Last 6 Years
    856
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.499
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Rankings

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516,567
World Rank
Kenya
388
Country Rank
University of Nairobi Logo
135
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
W. Onyango-Ouma
University of Nairobi Nairobi, Kenya
Social Sciences / Anthropology
Medical Anthropolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,730
  • Last 6 Years
    559
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.323
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Rankings

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524,492
World Rank
Nigeria
1,152
Country Rank
Obafemi Awolowo University Logo
43
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Olabisi Aina
Obafemi Awolowo University Ile Ife, Nigeria
Social Sciences / Anthropology
SOCIOLOGY | ANTHROPOLOGY AND GENDER STUDIE

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,673
  • Last 6 Years
    533
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.319
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